Emerging Acculturation Gap Among Chinese Students: White Mainstream Media Usage, Television and the Internet As Predictors

This study tests how white mainstream media use affects Chinese students? acculturation to the U. S. culture. The study for the first time brought up the conception of acculturation gap The work was interested in the White mainstream media uses' affects on four foundations of acculturation gap: belief in White mainstream values, belief in stereotypes associated with Asians, ease of speaking English and adherence to Asian family values.